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And Now, the Rotel: A Rolling Hotel for the Brave Tourist

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Is it a bus? Is it a hotel? Is it a mirage? Why, it’s the Rotel, of course! That’s a rolling hotel, to you and I.

The brainchild of Georg Holtl, German entrepreneur and one-time actor, Rotel had its first passengers in 1945, taking them on the short journey from Tittling to Passau. Then, in 1950, Rotel expanded to organised excursions and pilgrimages to places like Alottling and further afield, to Switzerland. Two years later, Rome would join the itinerary – tying in nicely with the boom being felt in the Italian capital post WW2, drenched in aperitivos and films stars who were flocking to Hollywood on the Tiber. Stops in France and Spain joined the roster soon after, and from 1957 Rotel was even taking its passengers on encounter trips for Pax Christi – a Catholic organisation that arose in France at the end of the second world war as a means to foster peace and reconciliation between France and Germany, and for the spiritual healing of Germans recovering from the effects of the Nazi era.

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1959 saw the introduction of trailers that could be attached to the back of the buses – not a world away from the average family caravan, but not exactly the same, either.

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After all, these trailers weren’t sleeping a group of four, but twenty four. To get an idea of what these trailers were like, think of the rise of Japanese capsule hotels, where your bed is your room, and then add wheels.

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Throughout the sixties, Rotel expanded their horizons, taking passengers overland to India, the USA and Central America. In 1964, they journeyed through the Soviet Union, and five years later, in ’69, they managed the first successful coach crossing of the Sahara – 26 times the size of their native Germany, or to put it another way, roughly the size of the entire United States.

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The seventies saw them take on Africa, Japan, and Australia, and it was around this time that Rotel began to take on the look familiar to travellers today – a quite literal hotel on wheels. Using buses that are typically customised Mercedes 0404’s, Rotels offer 24 upright seats for travelling during the day, and 26 small berths to the rear of the vehicle for the passengers to bed down in come night. Not for the claustraphobia minded individual, these ‘rooms’ are around 6 feet wide, 6 feet long, and 3 feet high – although there is the option to double-up and get twice the space. But even with the extra space, Rotels might not be for everyone.

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There is, alas, a vague feel of the hospital mortuary to it, with the berths stacked up on top of each other, and the entrance and exit coming in the form of a curtain at the foot of your bed. A healthy dose of ‘love thy neighbour’ may be required. There’s also the matter of the – ahem – spa facilities. Or lack thereof. There is one toilet onboard, much like your average tour coach – but there are no showers. Instead, the tours factor in stops at local campsites along the route and use the facilities there.

So, luxury hotels these are not. But what do they offer instead?

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Well, breakfast al fresco, for a start. Unlike a traditional hotel, where everyone traipses downstairs half-asleep to the dining room for orange juice and stale croissants, on board the Rotel the path from bed to breakfast is quicker, and the view is much better. A drop-down ‘camp kitchen’ allows you to eat breakfast in a new setting every morning. Lunch break in the shadow of the Taj Mahal, anyone? And that’s one of the key draws for passengers who have adopted this style of travel – the ability to be constantly on the move, with none of this checking-in and checking-out malarkey. It’s just them and the open road. Or desert. Or mountain pass.

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Immersion is key when travelling onboard the Rotel. Instead of driving right on by, keeping that plane of glass between traveller and terra incognita, the Rotel makes a point of stopping and allowing passengers to interact with the locations they travel to. None more so than in Namibia, where its red bus streaking across the landscape is a familiar sight to many of the village communities whose economies are supported by locally-bought produce and donations of water, food, and clothing.

And, perhaps more than anything, trips on board the Rotel are about fostering a sense of connection not only between you and the country through which you are travelling, but between you and the person in the bunk below or above you. Not one for the solitary traveller, Rotel tours thrive on groups that want to discover a destination together. Rather sweet, isn’t it?!

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Whilst Rotel can be considered as the OG of the rolling hotel world (and has the bonus of being led by qualified tour guides), they’re not the only company out there offering capsule accommodation on wheels.

The Truck Surf Hotel is a converted Merdes Actros that allows a small group of passengers (there’s 5 bedrooms onboard) to travel throughout Portugal from June to October, and Morroco from December to March in some pretty cool digs – think light wood panelling, muted fabrics and a soft nautical vibe. There’s a living space, kitchen and bathroom onboard, too.

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Rotel - The German Bus Hotel

Capsule hotels are in vogue right now. The German tour company Rotel has always been ahead of the game by providing capsule hotels on wheels since 1945.

No matter how much you enjoy staying in a five-star hotel, you will always be stationary, trapped in one district. So, to feed your sense of novelty and adventure, you decide to book yourself on a Rotel bus.

What next? Well, first, you choose your tour from hundreds of options all around the world. If the wilds of Africa are not your thing, perhaps the vast planes of central Russia are. Or maybe the frozen wilderness of the Arctic will appeal, or what about exotic Ecuador?

On the bus, you ride in passenger seats during the day and sleep in 6x6x3ft capsules at night. There is a large kitchen on board for food, but you may have to go a few days until you reach a shower as there is no one on the bus.

But who could complain about the smell of unwashed passengers when you wake up in a new and exciting location every day?

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Rotel Tours is the largest bus tour in the world, based in the Bavarian town of Tittling in Germany. Their name comes from the combination of "rolling" and "hotel", which is a portmanteau (two overlapping words creating a new one).

Rotel Tours was established by Georg Höltl right at the end of World War II in 1945, but it wasn't until 1951 that the first bus took off to Switzerland. Tours went to France, Italy, and Spain in subsequent years.

Höltl's concept for Rotel was human encounters and cultural exchange enabled by a bus hotel that takes you to places. It was a fragile period for Germans to travel abroad, but it was an important mission to reconcile with the past and make way for a better, more empathic future.

Hence, the Rotel Tours soon received its nickname: "International Meeting Trips". It was a pioneering project that has been successfully transporting thousands of people to distant places in their quirky buses ever since.

Rotel Tours Retro Old Photo

Then, in 1959, the Jerusalem-bound journey started in Münich. Without using any ferries, they drove all the way to Israel through Turkey over land and made it back to Germany in 38 days.

One decade later, Rotel managed to cross the Sahara, which paved the way for even farther destinations like Mongolia, China, Laos, or Vietnam.

Their specially prepared buses offer trips to far-away destinations, taking (primarily) Europeans (the journeys start in Germany) to exotic landscapes and cultures.

While most tour companies will book you a flight and an all-inclusive hotel where you will eat continental breakfast and have no interaction with locals other than the staff, Rotel offers something very different.

It takes you on study and expedition trips, going off the beaten paths, stopping at the most unlikely places, and converging with the locals whenever possible.

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Rotel has four types of vehicles:

—A 20-seater four-wheel drive bus for trips off the beaten track going to South America, Africa, and Asia —A 24-seater bus combined going around European countries —A 34-seater four-wheel drive bus with a trailer for long expeditions in South America and Southern Africa —A 36-seater bus with a Rotel trailer

Rotel Tours Bus

All four buses have a unified Rotel cabin for overnight stays. It's similar to what you find in capsule hotels but can take you to the next undiscovered destination while you sleep.

The sleeping capsules are 6.6-foot (2 meters) long and 2.8-foot (80 cm) wide for singles and 5.6-foot (160 cm) for doubles.

Rotel Tour Capsule Sleeping

The idea is fifty years old but just as brilliant today. The long time since it started indicates that the concept is a commercial success.

Rotel in desert

Today, Rotel Tours offers as many as 3,400 beds on wheels and annually logs around 600,000 overnight stays.

Rotel bus in the desert

Rotel is a combination of a tourist bus and a hotel. Even while you are "sitting in your room," you discover parts of the world you have never seen before.

Rotel crossing the river

The journey will take you through winding roads, some of them so dangerous that without a professional driver, it would be too risky to take.

Rotel on dangerous roads

But every once in a while, the people onboard the bus can ask the driver to take a well-deserved stop to enjoy the cliffside panorama and relax.

Dangerous road

Another advantage of taking a sleeper bus all over the world is it can stop at some of the most famous sights, and you can enjoy the view from the window without needing to mingle with the average tourist.

Rotel in India

The offroad setup of the bus allows for taking routes that are not feasible for regular vehicles.

In the desert

The Rotel tour will take you through rugged terrain off the beaten path.

Rotel between rocky mountains

The destinations are often far off the beaten track and wide tourist paths. You are offered considerably more comfort and safety than if you were to wander around with a tent on your back.

Rotel Tours - Das Rollende Hotel - glance at the locals and their camels

Guests should not expect five-star luxury at the Rotel. There is no shower, but there is a toilet on the bus. A camping kitchen can also be used while it's stationary.

Stop at a camp

The organization uses existing campsites as much as possible, but this is not always possible in remote areas. The travel organization is active in Africa, Europe, and Asia, and the destinations are often exotic and rural.

Road to the high mountains

If more than 24 passengers come along, a trailer can be attached to the bus where you can stay overnight.

Rotel in the nature

The typical Rotel bus travels with between 20 and 40 tourists. It usually has 22 passenger seats and 24 rooms, including one for the driver and one for the tour guide.

African tribe and Rotel

The bus stops as often as possible at places where you can have a shower. On certain nights, you will also have the opportunity to spend the night in a normal hotel room.

A quick stop in Fatehpur Sikri, India

And if the bus gets in trouble, you and your fellow travelers will work as a team to get through challenging adventures.

People help Rotel to move after it got stuck

You get your own little crawl space - about 3.3 feet (1 meter) high but with ample width - where you can spend the nights in a little more comfort than in a tent.

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Rotel Tours’ Hotel Bus Feature Beds, Private Rooms

Calling this thing a “hotel on wheels” is being generous. At the current state of public buses, though, having a semi-private booth with a cramped bed does sound mighty luxurious. And that’s exactly what Rotel Tours’ “rolling hotel” buses bring to commuters.

A 3 x 3 x 6 feet room with a curtain for a door might not sound much. During longer trips, however, having that bed (which fills the entire floor area, by the way) to lie down on does sound like a sumptuous indulgence regular Greyhound passengers would die for. Sure, you can barely move while inside and you will likely knock your head silly on that low ceiling every time you get up. But it’s a bed with some amount of privacy – something I’ve never seen any buses equipped with in the past.

The front of the bus comes with regular bus seats, flanked along large windows. Walk towards the rear, however, and you’ll find three rows of tiny rooms, each equipped with a bed, some hanging hooks (for your bags and clothes) and a small window to peek out of. All buses only get one communal toilet and no bath, although they do arrange for stopovers to places where travelers can freshen up. Considering it’s a European bus, I don’t think all that bathing nonsense really matters, does it (I kid, I kid)?

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Surprisingly, Rotel Tours isn’t anything new. According to the company, they’ve been operating their “Betten auf Rädern” (bed on wheels) since 1959 and, in fact, currently boast a fleet that’s 3,400 strong. Since that time, they’ve been offering bed-bus tours of Asia, Europe and Africa, presumably to non-claustrophobic German tourists who want to see the world lying down.

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Amazing! I like this! I like the name Rotel too. So cool!

I see t,he Rotel everywhere in the Americas. Can non German speaking travellers join the tours? We are exploring alternatives for China in 2013. Thanks

halo guys I saw your vehicle in Kenya Nairobi and I liked it very much it so cool how can one get a chance to work with you,

Passengers cannot “see the world lying down”. The beds are not available while the bus is in motion. The best feature about a Rotel tour is the opportunity to tour without spending money every day except for lunch. Regarding non-German riders: It depends on if the rider would enjoy seeing the sights while not understanding what the guide is saying about those sights.

I saw one of these at playa coco Costa Rica. Pretty cool

I saw one of your vehicles in Nairobi and its so cool. I also read about the ‘rolling hotels’….Wow amazing!!!

Hi I seen your bus in England uk. It looked amazing safe touring to you

I went on the Australia tour in 1990 , wouldn’t say it’s great in that bus but unique .Today – i’m living here in Australia for 23 years now .

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Rotel – Hotel on Wheels Takes You Around the World

The Rotel , a combination between a bus and a hotel, has been conducting worldwide tours for the last 50 years.

The company is called Rotel Tours (the word is a portmanteau of ‘rolling’ and ‘hotel’) and it has, unbelieveably, been hosting bus-bed tours of Europe, Asia, and Africa since 1959. It was founded in 1945 by a man, ironically named, George Hotel. His firm’s buses cater almost exclusively to German tourists, in the past fifty years, they have done everything from crossing the Sahara desert to traversing Mongolia and Vietnam.

Typically, the coaches are custom-modified Mercedes 0404’s which feature 24 passenger seats and 26 sleeping berths (an extra one for the driver and tour guide). Featuring three-foot-wide and three-foot-high bunks, accessible through a zippered curtain, Rotel isn’t exactly the most comfortable hotel in the world, but it’s the only one that will take you around the world. The only serious problem is, while the Rotel features a bathroom, there are no showers. But the tour operator says its mobile hotels do make occasional stops, specifically for bathing purposes.

Rotels operate in Africa, Europe and Asia with the company saying it chooses the best places to stay, usually in campsites and sometimes with an occasional stay-over in hotels or lodges. It admits its drawcards are nights spent in the quiet of the deserts, the wilds of Patagonia or camps in the Serengeti.

The Rotel travel programs are designed to allow plenty of time for sightseeing, relaxing, a little walking and leisure programs. On every trip there is a detailed daily schedule and other updated information prior to departure.

The company says it upholds the cultural and traditional values of the countries and people it visits and promises to show participants an authentic view of the people, culture and nature of a country, rather than art shows and museums.

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My wonderful in-laws are planning a European trip for the whole family (18 of us in all!) and are looking into Rotel Tours (The Rolling Hotel) for a portion of the trip. Has anyone ever done this? What were your impressions?

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Only seen it on TV. Your refigerator will be larger than your "cabin" on board of that Rotel trailer... But especially elderly people seem to absolutely LOVE it!

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Rotel, the touring German hotel on wheels, rolls to Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel

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What was that tomato-red rig breezing along Estero Boulevard?

A bus? An RV?

Nope. It’s a Rotel – a “rolling hotel.”

One of these German custom-built buses arrived Monday at the Red Coconut RV park on Fort Myers Beach, and has been drawing second looks ever since.

People assume the vehicle carries musicians, a traveling theater – "or chickens," quipped tour guide Birgit Zahn.

Such buses are a relatively rare sight in these parts. However, they provide a form of no-frills travel Rotel Tours in Tittling, Germany, introduced nearly 60 years ago, and which since has spread to remote and not-so-remote corners of the globe.

If you didn't get to see the Rotel that was in Lee County for a couple of days, here’s the 4-1-1:

This hotel-on-wheels can sleep 24 guests, a driver and a tour guide.

Guests ride in front during the day, and then move to a triple deck of berths in the rear at night.

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That sleeping experience could be a claustrophobic’s nightmare.

Single cabins measure three feet high, three feet wide – and six feet long.

Their bottom surface is all bed: You probably could prop yourself up to sitting position – unless perhaps you play center in the NBA.

Traveler Siegi Volkner, who is about 5 feet, 10 inches, finds the space manageable. Each berth has a window to the outside.

And, after a day of sightseeing, swimming in the Gulf and such, “you’re so tired in the evening. You lie down, and you sleep,” Volkner said.

Different Rotel models operate elsewhere in the world, including some with a detachable trailer of sleeping cabins that are left behind during day trips.

None of the rigs have showers; hence, campgrounds with shower-and-restroom facilities are favored destinations. Many have a single toilet aboard, although this one doesn’t.

“When we travel, we stop every two hours,” Zahn said.

The 18-day tour she's leading began in Newark, New Jersey. That's where the travelers flew in from Frankfurt, Germany.

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Stops included New York City, Washington, D.C., Colonial Williamsburg and Myrtle Beach, to name a few.

The 15 guests on this tour all hail from Germany; however, Zahn has led tours that included Italians – and Germans who immigrated to Canada.

The group left the Beach for a day trip to Sanibel Island on Tuesday, and planned to visit the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers on Wednesday before heading to Miami, Key West – and then flying home.

Fran Myers, co-owner of the Red Coconut, sees the German tour group as a sign that some normalcy is returning to Southwest Florida’s lifeblood tourism and hospitality industry, which accounts for an estimated one in five jobs in Lee and Collier counties.

Fish-killing, cough-inducing red tide isn’t entirely gone from the state. However, at least for now it appears to be retreating locally.

Said Myers: “The water’s great! Our phones are ringing off the hook."

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Cruising North American highways in a hotel on wheels

The front half of the vehicle looks much like any other tour bus, but the back half is quite another story.

A red Das Rollende Hotel parked as an RV

When Juliane Gude, Christophe Frauli and 14 of their newest friends rolled into the Capilano River RV Park recently, they turned more than a few heads as Christophe manoeuvred their strange-looking vehicle into its designated spot.

I had the same reaction when, 25 years ago, I first saw a similar vehicle being backed into the same spot.

Now when I see the first Rollende of the season, I know summer has begun in earnest.

What is a Rollende?

Unlike any RVs most of us have seen, they’re not motorhomes, towables or even a regular North American tour bus. What are they?

The short answer is they’re mobile hotels. Known in their language of origin as Das Rollende Hotels, they’re owned by Germany’s Rotel Tours, a 55-year-old company that, with a contingent of 60 tour guides, operates land cruises throughout Europe, Africa, North America and beyond.

The front half of the vehicle looks much like any other tour bus, but the back half is quite another story.

Rotel's North American buses provide 26 separate six-by-three-foot bedrooms. There’s an on-board toilet for use between stops, but bathroom facilities are those provided at stops along the way or in the overnight RV parks and campgrounds.

The first thing Rotel passengers do on arrival is disembark and set up their mobile campsite.

They travel hundreds of miles on day trips that range all over the map. By the time the buses arrive at the RV park in West Vancouver in late afternoon, passengers are more than ready to stretch their legs and settle down for a quiet chat over a beer.

Happy to accept their invitation to join them, I asked Juliane—a tour guide for 31 years—about this particular 22-day tour. She said it began in Los Angeles at Anaheim Harbor RV Park near Disneyland, continued to the Circus-Circus RV Park in Las Vegas and then back over to the coast road. From there they travelled north along the coastline from Santa Barbara to Oregon, Washington State and on to Vancouver, B.C.

“We take BC Ferries from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo and down to Victoria to see Butchart Gardens and the Royal B.C. Museum,” she said.

Due to the German/English/German laughingly shared between 16 or 17 of us, I’m still unsure as to the exact route the bus followed from Las Vegas. What I do know is that Juliane said the remainder of the tour will include the usual popular destinations in Pacific Rim National Park and in Calgary, Jasper, Banff and the Columbia Icefields.

What is the impression taken away by the tourists?

After all the unfamiliar sights and places they had seen, I was curious about the memories these European tourists will have of Vancouver. So through Juliane and helped by my halting German and friendly interjections from the assembled group of 55-plus vacationers, I was happy to hear that apart from it being “too expensive’ (ain’t that the truth?) they had a very favourable impression of British Columbia.

“Their favourite part of the tour is the West Coast and everyone likes Canada," Juliane said.

“What have they enjoyed the most about B.C.?” I asked.

“Nature—the landscape, fauna, and friendly people,” she said.

That’s so good to hear, isn’t it—especially when we know a large proportion of the Canadians these tourists meet and chat with are us RV folks in the parks we call our own.

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If you’re curious about Rotel Tours and want to know more about its international rolling safaris, or even to travel the routes in your own RV, you can explore the company’s official website at: www.rotel

On the right-hand side of the home page, you’ll find a full list of all its tours.

If you have trouble understanding the German text, you can cut and paste it into this free online translation site: f reetranslation.com

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Constructed around a massive Rotel-built toroidal power transformer, the A11MKII delivers 50 Watts per channel of Class A/B power into 8 ohms supporting analog, digital and Moving Magnet Phono stage inputs.

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The A10MKII Integrated Amplifier offers the perfect combination of power and style for the music lover seeking to elevate their listening experience. Constructed with a massive Rotel-built toroidal transformer, the A10MKII delivers 50 Watts per channel of Class A/B power into 8 ohms featuring three RCA inputs and a Moving Magnet Phono stage for vinyl lovers.

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The Diamond Series RA-6000 Integrated Amplifier celebrates Rotel’s 60-Years of Japanese heritage. The RA-6000 supports a wide array of modern and legacy analog and digital sources delivering 350 watts of Class AB power into 4 ohms with exceptional acoustic detail and controlled rich, deep bass energy.

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The A12MKII stands well above its sleek design delivering 60 Watts of dynamic Class AB output into 8 ohms. This integrated amplifier supports your favorite sources including MM Phono Stage, analog, digital, PC-USB and wireless Bluetooth. Optimized circuits and a 32-bit DAC deliver spacious and open reproduction of the music.

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The A14 MKII Integrated Amplifier delivers 80 Watts per channel of Class AB amplification from your favorite sources including analog, digital, PC-USB with MQA, wireless aptX TM  and AAC Bluetooth and Moving Magnet Phono stage. Critically tuned power supply, DAC and amplifier circuits ensure the A14MKII will deliver countless hours of entertainment.

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RA-1572MKII

The RA-1572MKII Integrated Amplifier brings your music to life with exceptional fidelity delivering 120 Watts of Class AB output into 8 ohms with deep, controlled bass energy. The audiophile grade DAC, analog, digital, aptX TM and AAC Bluetooth, PC-USB supporting MQA and Moving Magnet Phono stage ensure exceptional detail and immersive soundstage.

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RA-1592MKII

The RA-1592MKII delivers 200 Watts of Class AB output into 8 ohm speakers supporting your favorite analog, digital, XLR, aptX TM and AAC Bluetooth, PC-USB with MQA and Moving Magnet Phono stage inputs. The audiophile grade 32-bit/384kHz DAC and precisely tuned circuits delivers an unprecedented sound stage with exacting positioning.

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A11 Tribute

The A11 Tribute is a Class AB 50W Integrated Amplifier developed in cooperation with the audio engineering legend Ken Ishiwata as a Tribute to his legacy.  Upgraded components and meticulous tuning of all critical circuits deliver a richer, expressive, and true-to-life experience from the Bluetooth, RCA and Moving Magnet Phono Stage inputs.

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RC-1572MKII

Affordable high-end begins with Rotel’s RC-1572MKII Preamplifier processing your favorite analog and digital sources in stunning clarity with a natural and enveloping sound stage.   

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RC-1590MKII

Reference audio systems deserve reference audio equipment. Rotel’s RC-1590MKII reference preamplifier renders audio with natural expression, an open sound stage and dynamic clarity. Analog, Digital, Bluetooth and Turntable sources are supported by a bespoke acoustic tuning process inviting you to bring your favorite music allowing the RC-1590MKII to immerse you.

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P5 Series 2

Discover the pinnacle of performance with the Michi P5 Series 2 Preamplifier featuring dual 8-Channel ESS SABRE DACs rendering music that envelopes you with every note. Input connections support your favorite audio sources including Analog, Digital, PC-USB with MQA, aptX™ HD Bluetooth and Moving Magnet and Moving Coil Phono Stage. 

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The RB-1590 is at the top of its class as a 2 x 350 Watts stereo amplifier with dual toroidal transformers and special slit foil capacitors.

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RB-1582 MkII

At 2 x 200 Watts per channel and utilising Rotel's Balanced Design Concept for superior performance, the RB-1582 MkII is a compelling stereo amplifier.

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RB-1552 MkII

RB-1552 MkII is built upon the same platform as the RB-1582 MkII with only a slightly smaller power output capability at 2 x 130 Watts.

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The Rotel DT-6000 DAC Transport celebrates 60-Years of performance synonymous with the brands Japanese heritage.   

PC-USB, Optical, Coaxial, and included tray loading CD Player provide the ultimate flexibility for your favorite sources rendering the audio with unprecedented detail and immersive sound stage. 

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The CD11MKII CD Player furthers Rotel’s 30+ year legacy of delivering high performance, high value CD players. The player’s heavy steel chassis supports a proprietary Rotel disc transport exclusively for the playback of compact discs. The CD 11MKII’s smooth, tray-loading mechanism, precise laser pickup and silent running motor controller ensures seamless, worry-free playback of your CD collection, including MP3s.

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The CD14MKII delivers accurate reproduction of CDs with stunning clarity resolving even the finest details. The Texas Instruments 32-bit DAC is supported by independent power supplies isolating motor controls from sensitive audio circuits reducing noise and distortion. Bring your CD collection including MP3s and let the CD14MKII deliver performance at its best.

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RCD-1572MKII

The RCD-1572MKII follows Rotel’s proud tradition of delivering award-winning CD players since 1989 with accurate reproduction of the audio, an exceptional sense of space, accurate frequency response and an ultra-low noise floor.

The RCD-1572MKII is both classic and refined ready for your music collection delivering stunning detail and extraordinary clarity.

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CD11 Tribute

Rotel's CD11 Tribute CD player was engineered with hands-on support from audio legend Ken Ishiwata utilizing a custom selection of acoustically tuned components delivering an even higher level of performance and acoustic clarity standing ready to playback the 200+ million CD’s that have been sold over the past 30 years.

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Rotel’s T11 is a high quality FM/DAB+ tuner with up to 30 station presets. It provides a wealth of free music listening options.

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Simplicity and performance meet in the Rotel RAS-5000, a component designed to fit into your lifestyle and elevate your entertainment experience.

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The Rotel S14 Integrated Network Streamer is an all-in-one solution providing the ultimate in convenience to the near limitless catalog of music delivering 150 Watts of Class AB power.  

Album artwork on the front display, included remote, simple operation and intuitive setup ensures the S14 becomes the heart of your music system.

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  1. Rotel Tours

    Rotel Bus with all-wheel drive (2007). 34-seat bus with trailer. Rotel Tours is a tour operator that specializes in overlanding via "rolling hotels", custom built buses in which guests also sleep. The buses can sleep 24-34 guests, a driver and a tour guide. Guests ride in front during the day, and then move to a triple deck of berths in the ...

  2. Tour + Bus + Hotel = Rotel, the hotel on wheels

    The Rotel rolls a coach and hotel into one unit (or for larger groups, a bus and tag-along sleeping quarters). By day passengers sit in the front of the coach and take in all the sights, and by ...

  3. And Now, the Rotel: A Rolling Hotel for the Brave Tourist

    That's a rolling hotel, to you and I. The brainchild of Georg Holtl, German entrepreneur and one-time actor, Rotel had its first passengers in 1945, taking them on the short journey from Tittling to Passau. Then, in 1950, Rotel expanded to organised excursions and pilgrimages to places like Alottling and further afield, to Switzerland.

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    Rotel Tours. Rotel Tours is the largest bus tour in the world, based in the Bavarian town of Tittling in Germany. Their name comes from the combination of "rolling" and "hotel", which is a portmanteau (two overlapping words creating a new one). Rotel Tours was established by Georg Höltl right at the end of World War II in 1945, but it wasn't ...

  5. Rotel Tours' Hotel Bus Feature Beds, Private Rooms

    RIDES TO DO. Calling this thing a "hotel on wheels" is being generous. At the current state of public buses, though, having a semi-private booth with a cramped bed does sound mighty luxurious. And that's exactly what Rotel Tours' "rolling hotel" buses bring to commuters. A 3 x 3 x 6 feet room with a curtain for a door might not ...

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    Rotel - Hotel on Wheels. The company is called Rotel Tours (the word is a portmanteau of 'rolling' and 'hotel') and it has, unbelieveably, been hosting bus-bed tours of Europe, Asia, and Africa since 1959. It was founded in 1945 by a man, ironically named, George Hotel. His firm's buses cater almost exclusively to German tourists, in the past fifty years, they have done everything ...

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  8. Rotel: A Hotel on Wheels

    The bright red hotel-on-wheels from Rotel Tours has 24 seats and 26 capsule-sized sleeping areas for trip participants. The sleeping berths on the custom-modified Mercedes 0404 don't exactly ...

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    German Hotel on Wheels Takes Tourists around the World. The Rotel, a combination between a bus and a hotel, has been conducting worldwide tours for the last 50 years. Yes, the Rotel is kind of ...

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    Operated by a German tour company "Rotel Tours", the coach features a six-foot-long bed for each of its passengers and provides some 3400 "beds on wheels." The Rotel has been operating since 1945 and operates coaches in many countries Africa, Europe and Asia and appeal to budget-conscious travelers.

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    If you didn't get to see the Rotel that was in Lee County for a couple of days, here's the 4-1-1: This hotel-on-wheels can sleep 24 guests, a driver and a tour guide. Guests ride in front during ...

  14. The Rolling Hotel: Be A Passenger And Hotel Guest!

    The German tour company was founded in 1945 and seems to focus on the German-speaking demographic. Rotel Tour drivers and tour guides are exclusively from German-speaking countries and their mother tongue is German. The company specializes in large expeditions. Rotel Tours has 4 different types of buses that can carry groups of 20, 24, 34 or 36 ...

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    Rotel Tours is a German Tourism company, a subsidiary of the Georg Höltl GmBH & Co. KK in Tittling, Germany.The company is known for its "rolling hotels", custom-built long-distance buses for travels in remote areas.Rotel Tours offers 3400 beds on these vehicles.Usually, between 20 and 40 people travel together on such a bus, whereas the sleeping cabins - with 1 or 2 beds each - are often ...

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    In 2000 the B&W Group established Rotel Europe in the UK to consolidate all Rotel sales and support activities outside of North America. In 2006 Rotel and Bowers & Wilkins entered into a joint venture agreement covering the shared operation of expansive manufacturing and logistics facilities in Zhuhai, China.

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    S14. The Rotel S14 Integrated Network Streamer is an all-in-one solution providing the ultimate in convenience to the near limitless catalog of music delivering 150 Watts of Class AB power. Album artwork on the front display, included remote, simple operation and intuitive setup ensures the S14 becomes the heart of your music system.